VN Airlines invites other joint stock airlines to domestic market

Wed, 10/23/2002 - 14:39

Ha Noi, Oct. 23 (VNA) -- Vietnam Airlines welcomes other joint stock airlines to join in competition in the domestic market, said Vietnam Airlines General Director Nguyen Xuan Hien in an interview published by Lao Dong newspaper today.

Vietnam Airlines has proposed to the government the establishment of a new joint stock airline which would work together with the joint stock Pacific Airlines and other partners to serve the domestic market.

Viet Nam's integration into APEC

Wed, 10/23/2002 - 14:36


Ha Noi, Oct. 23 (VNA) -- Upon realising the importance of Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) for the development of regional economies, Viet Nam on June 15, 1996 officially applied to join the forum.
The decision to admit Viet Nam was first accepted at the fourth APEC Summit in Subic, the Philippines, on Nov. 30, 1996.

The country on April 25, 1997 has present at a guest at the APEC working groups on trade promotion, science and industrial technology, and agricultural technology cooperation.

VASC upholds Gold Cup at APICTA 2002

Mon, 10/21/2002 - 11:45


Viet Nam's Software Development Company VASC under Viet Nam Post & Telecommunication Corporation (VNPT) has overwhelmingly won a Gold Cup at the Asia-Pacific Information Communication Technology Awards (APICTA 2002) held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia from Sept. 2- 6.

APICTA 2002 attracted over 100 products from Viet Nam, China, Australia, the Republic of Korea, Hong Kong, Singapore, Brunei, Indonesia, Myanmar, Thailand, the Philippines and Malaysia, to compete in 13 IT and communication categories.

Viet Nam Airlines on way of development

Mon, 10/21/2002 - 11:15

VIETNAM AIRLINES ON WAY OF DEVELOPMENT

Ha Noi, Oct. 20 (VNA) -- Aviation, one of Viet Nam's key economic sectors, has made great contributions to its national socio-economic development.

It has been as an important instrument to implement Viet Nam's open foreign policy, helping enhance its international economic cooperation and integration.

Ho Chi Minh City optimistic about anti-poverty scheme

Mon, 10/21/2002 - 11:14

Ho Chi Minh City, Oct. 20 (VNA)-- Ho Chi Minh City with a 5.4 million population, the largest in Viet Nam, is almost certain of achieving its goal to reduce the poverty rate to 3 percent by the end of this year.

The city announced that it had helped 19,374 families lift themselves out of poverty by mid-September against its yearly target of 20,000 families. The target, if achieved, means cutting nearly one-third of the total of 61,034 families listed early this year as living under the poverty line.

Losses in Mekong Delta provinces estimated at VND 284.6 billion

Mon, 10/21/2002 - 11:11

An Giang, Oct. 21 (VNA) -- Total losses suffered by flood-hit Mekong delta provinces have been estimated at 284.59 billion VND (18.97 million USD), according to reports from provincial Committees for Flood and Storm Control in the region.

These losses were equal to just one-third of last year's figure (934 billion VND).

Vietnam strengthen ties with Francophone member countries

Mon, 10/21/2002 - 00:15

Beirut, Oct. 20 (VNA) -- President Tran Duc Luong has expressed the wish to boost cooperative ties with Lebanon, Switzerland, Canada and Burkina Faso during his meetings with leaders of these countries on the sideline of the Francophone Summit in Beirut.

At the talks with President Emile Lahoud, the Vietnamese leader spoke highly of the achievements recorded by the Lebanese people in their national reconstruction and economic development in recent years.

"Vietnam Prospect of 2002" exhibition - fair - seminar

Thu, 10/17/2002 - 14:49

Hanoi, 15 April 2002
Letter of Invitation

Under the 2002 program, the Ministry of Culture and Information resumes directing and supporting Vietnam Exhibition Fair Center in organizing the second exhibition - fair - seminar of "Vietnam Prospect of 2002" in the subject "Vietnam -Destination of the new millennium", to commence on 29 November 2002 till 4 December 2002 at the Vietnam Exhibition Fair Centre in the capital city of Hanoi Capital

Viet Nam operates market economy

Thu, 10/17/2002 - 14:15

Ho Chi Minh City, Oct. 17 (VNA) -- Foreign business circles operating in Viet Nam have affirmed that Viet Nam is operating a market-oriented economy.

Vietnam rejects recommendation from USCIRF

Wed, 10/16/2002 - 10:59

Vietnam has rejected the US Commission on International Religious Freedom's (USCIRF) recommendation that Vietnam be put on a special list of nations which restrict religious freedom.

"In Vietnam, the right to religious and non-religious freedom of all citizens is clearly stated in the Constitution and laws," said Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Phan Thuy Thanh.

"This right has also been guaranteed in reality," she said while responding to a Reuters correspondent's query at a regular press briefing held on October 3.

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